https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/tags/ryosuke-sato/ Recent content in Ryosuke Sato on Jazz of Japan | Brian McCrory Hugo en Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/yuichiro-aratake-music-make-us-one/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://mirror2.jazzofjapan.com/yuichiro-aratake-music-make-us-one/ <p>Yuichiro Aratake continues to express his compassionate vision with <em>Music Make Us One</em>, a live concert recorded in 2010 and released in a CD/DVD package. Through six songs, the 40-minute album features his expanded piano trio spotlighting harmonica, vocals, and an eight-member string section.</p> <figure><a href="L1210248x-1024.jpeg"> <img loading="lazy" src="L1210248x-1024.jpeg"/> </a> </figure> <p>Two of the six songs are instrument-based tracks that feature Aratake’s expressive playing that supports bluesy harmonica playing together and warm string arrangements. Vocalist Ryutaro Makino joins on the other four songs, including Aratake’s “Family” and “Say We Love”. The violins, violas, and cellos in the string section add a classy texture to much of the album and, together with the song selection and arrangements, shifts the music into orchestral pop territory. The recorded live sound also captures the expansive feeling of a large stage and concert hall filled with an audience of fans.</p>